New Projects in ‘Bio-fuels’ Industry:

Southern Online Bio Technologies is planning to set up its second bio-diesel plant in AP. The project involves setting up a 250 tpd biodiesel unit at the multi-product SEZ near Visakhapatnam with an investment of Rs.900 million. The APIIC (Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation) has allocated 10 acres to take up the project. As of [...]

Company Name: Chemcel Bio-Tech
Project Status : Planning
Project Location: Prakasam, AP
Project Cost: Rs.144.5 million
Chemcel Bio-Tech is planning to set up a bio-diesel manufacturing plant with a capacity of 6tpd along with a 2,000-acre captive Jatropha Curcas plantation. The company proposes to purchase about 2,000 acres of land for Jatropha Curcas plantation which would yield seeds to meet the total requirement [...]

Company Name: Labland Biotechs
Project Status : Planning
Project Location: Mysore, KA
Completion End 2008
Labland Biotechs , a company which deals with bio-diesel and jatropha-based research and development activities, is planning to set up a bio-diesel refinery at Mysore in Karnartaka. The proposed plant will have an installed capacity of 50 tpd. The plant is scheduled to go on stream in [...]

Company Name:Tata Chemicals
Project Status lanning
Project Location:MH
Project Cost:Rs. 300-400 million
Completion May 2007
Tata Chemicals is planning to diversify in to biofuel production. The project involves setting up a bio-ethanol plant on a pilot basis in Maharashtra with an initial investment of Rs 300-400 million. At later stage, the company will produce bio-diesel and bio ethanol on commercial [...]

Company Name : Emami Group
Project Status : Implementation
Project Location : Haldia, WB
Project Cost : Rs. 1,000 million
Emami Group is planning to set up a bio-diesel plant Haldia in West Bengal. The capacity of the Haldia unit would initially be of 50,000 tonnes per annum, with provision built-in to scale up production to 1 lakh tonnes. [...]

Company Name : Tata Energy
Project Status : Planning
Project Location : AP
Project Cost : US $ 9.4 million
Completion : 10 Years
Tata Energy Research Institute ( TERI ) is planning to take up a bio fuel making project in association withBritish Petroleum. The project is to come up in AP. BP will fund the project while TERI [...]

Company Name : Godrej Agrovet
Project Status : Planning
Project Location : See Below, AI
Project Cost : Rs.5000 million
Godrej Agrovet is planning to diversify into a palm oil processing and jatropha cultivation in the states of Gujarat and Mizoram. The company will invest around Rs. 2500 million for bio fuel plant cultivation with palm oil processing plant [...]